This page has great links to 5th grade social studies content:
http://internet4classrooms.com/skills_5th_social.htm

State Standards for this Unit:

SPI 5.1.3.4 Analyze graphs to discover cultural trends (i.e., clothing, music, or radio sales).
Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.1.1 Locate continents and significant bodies of water (i.e., the Great Lakes, Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans, Columbia, Missouri, Colorado, Rio Grande, Ohio, Tennessee, St. Lawrence and Mississippi rivers).

usriverslabeled.jpg
The students also need to be able to locate and identify the Great Lakes and Tennessee River

The students also need to be able to locate and identify the Great Lakes and Tennessee River


http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html
http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/continents/1.html
http://scottbryce.com/us_geo/index.html
http://scottbryce.com/us_geo/cgi-bin/water_quiz.pl

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.1.2 Determine Americas population shifts by interpreting a population map.

external image pdf.png PopulationMapLesson.pdfexternal image pdf.png population shifts test.pdf
ftp://ftpserver.ciesin.org/pub/data/Grid_Pop_World/total_cov/gif/usdenssmoo.gif
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/urbanisation/html/urbanisation.stm
http://www.photius.com/rankings/population.html
http://desip.igc.org/mapanim.html

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.2.3 Locate information from an atlas entry.
http://www.tlsbooks.com/mapskills2.pdf
http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp
external image msword.png TeartheContinents.doc
Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.2.4 Locate a major United States city using latitude and longitude.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/latlong_menu.html
http://www.quia.com/rr/2871.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001796.html
http://www.allaboutspace.com/usa/activity/latlong2/
http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/find.html
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/longlatquiz1.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/5882/longitude.htm

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.2.5 Identify the physical and political boundaries of Tennessee.
http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/geography/e_4

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.3.6 Locate the 50 states using a map with each state outlined.
http://www.iknowthat.com/noshockwave.htm
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/us_nl.pdf
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/cartravelbook/Usmap.shtml
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/geospy/

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf FUN!!!!!

http://scottbryce.com/us_geo/cgi-bin/states_quiz.pl?clicked=66
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.3.7 Recognize and compare landforms, climate, and natural resources of the three grand divisions of Tennessee.

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.3.3.8 Interpret a climograph.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/whatis/climographs.htm
http://www.education.noaa.gov/teachers1.html
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.5.3.7 Interpret a primary reading sample.
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/
http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/educationoutreach/PrimarySourcesNew.pdf

Unit 01 of 9 Maps and Geography SPI 5.6.2.2 Use tools of social science inquiry such as surveys, statistics, maps, and documents.
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/tennessee.html